Hunt Big Sales Blog Why is the Prospect Screen your most trusted advisor?

Guest Faculty post by Eric ProtzmanThe Prospect Screen should be your most trusted advisor.Think of it this way. You date and you date and you date, then you find the right person and you get married. Dating can be random, opportunistic, indulgent and impulsive, all characteristics you simply can't afford in marriage.In the past, what you call prospecting may well be impulsive or opportunistic dating. You may not be taking the time to investigate what is in your best interests.What we are talking about in prospecting large accounts, transformational accounts, is not dating, it is marriage. Look at the long term implications of having the right customer, or having the wrong customer. I think you'll get a feel for the strength of the metaphor.I started Aim Direct Marketing in 1995. Tom Searcy was guiding my business development and very late one night after imagining this and designing that I said to Tom,"I don't like mission statements and I think most business plans are just a list of things that don't happen, but I do think we should talk about our core competency". Bleary eyed and exhausted Tom tilted his head and said, "Where you are right now Eric, your core competency is anything anyone will give you a check for".That was just a phase. Do you recall this phase in your business too?It is an exciting, thrilling and frightening time. But that time gives way to more stable and intentional times. As we become more sophisticated in our mission, our operations and our innovation we may not bring along the same sophistication in our sales efforts.The post Why is the Prospect Screen your most trusted advisor? appeared first on Hunt Big Sales.